Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v3 00/14] Add devlink reload action option

[Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>]

Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 05:27:20PM CEST, moshe@mellanox.com wrote:
>Introduce new option on devlink reload API to enable the user to select the
>reload action required. Complete support for all actions in mlx5.
>The following reload actions are supported:
>  driver_reinit: driver entities re-initialization, applying devlink-param
>                 and devlink-resource values.
>  fw_activate: firmware activate.
>  fw_activate_no_reset: Activate new firmware image without any reset.
>                        (also known as: firmware live patching).
>
>Each driver which support this command should expose the reload actions
>supported.
>The uAPI is backward compatible, if the reload action option is omitted
>from the reload command, the driver reinit action will be used.
>Note that when required to do firmware activation some drivers may need
>to reload the driver. On the other hand some drivers may need to reset
>the firmware to reinitialize the driver entities. Therefore, the devlink
>reload command returns the actions which were actually done.
>
>Add reload actions counters to hold the history per reload action type.
>For example, the number of times fw_activate has been done on this
>device since the driver module was added or if the firmware activation
>was done with or without reset.
>
>Patch 1 adds the new API reload action option to devlink.
>Patch 2 adds reload actions counters.
>Patch 3 exposes the reload actions counters on devlink dev get.
>Patches 4-9 add support on mlx5 for devlink reload action fw_activate
>            and handle the firmware reset events.
>Patches 10-11 add devlink enable remote dev reset parameter and use it
>             in mlx5.
>Patches 12-13 mlx5 add devlink reload action fw_activate_no_reset support
>              and event handling.
>Patch 14 adds documentation file devlink-reload.rst 
>
>command examples:
>$devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action driver_reinit
>reload_actions_done:
>  driver_reinit
>
>$devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action fw_activate
>reload_actions_done:
>  driver_reinit fw_activate
>
>$ devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action fw_activate no_reset

You are missing "_".


>reload_actions_done:

No need to have "reload" word here. And maybe "performed" would be
better than "done". Idk:
"actions_performed"
?


>  fw_activate_no_reset
>
>v2 -> v3:
>- Replace fw_live_patch action by fw_activate_no_reset
>- Devlink reload returns the actions done over netlink reply
>- Add reload actions counters
>
>v1 -> v2:
>- Instead of reload levels driver,fw_reset,fw_live_patch have reload
>  actions driver_reinit,fw_activate,fw_live_patch
>- Remove driver default level, the action driver_reinit is the default
>  action for all drivers 
>
>Moshe Shemesh (14):
>  devlink: Add reload action option to devlink reload command
>  devlink: Add reload actions counters
>  devlink: Add reload actions counters to dev get
>  net/mlx5: Add functions to set/query MFRL register
>  net/mlx5: Set cap for pci sync for fw update event
>  net/mlx5: Handle sync reset request event
>  net/mlx5: Handle sync reset now event
>  net/mlx5: Handle sync reset abort event
>  net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload action fw activate
>  devlink: Add enable_remote_dev_reset generic parameter
>  net/mlx5: Add devlink param enable_remote_dev_reset support
>  net/mlx5: Add support for fw live patch event
>  net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload action fw activate no reset
>  devlink: Add Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst
>
> .../networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst     |   6 +
> .../networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst     |  68 +++
> Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst    |   1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c     |  14 +-
> .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile  |   2 +-
> .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c | 117 ++++-
> .../mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c       |  31 ++
> .../mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.h       |   1 +
> .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw_reset.c    | 453 ++++++++++++++++++
> .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw_reset.h    |  19 +
> .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c  |  35 +-
> .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c    |  13 +
> .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h   |   2 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c    |  24 +-
> drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c                   |  16 +-
> include/linux/mlx5/device.h                   |   1 +
> include/linux/mlx5/driver.h                   |   4 +
> include/net/devlink.h                         |  13 +-
> include/uapi/linux/devlink.h                  |  24 +
> net/core/devlink.c                            | 174 ++++++-
> 20 files changed, 967 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw_reset.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw_reset.h
>
>-- 
>2.17.1
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